a sample article review

1. Eastern Samar State University
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Borongan City
Second semester 2015-2016
FINAL REQUIREMENT: A SIMPLE ARTICLE REVIEW
Robert Harris
June 9, 2012
Submitted by:
MA. JANICE ODIAMAN-NICART
PhD Educational Management Student
Submitted to:

2. FR. FERNANDO N. EGARGO, Ph.D.
PROFESSOR
The article discussed comprehensively the basics of decision making by starting with
some given definitions and examples, kinds of decisions, decision making as recursive process,
components of decision making, effects of quantity on decision making, and decision streams.
Specifically, it makes a very clear introduction to decision making in depth.
The issue being dealt with here is on the importance of making every day decisions.
Studies have shown that most people are much poorer at decision making than they think. The
author offered ways to analyse problem and intelligently decide ways to solve them at its best
manner. One component of decision making is the decision environment which is defined as the
collection of information, alternatives, values, and preferences available at the time of the
decision. An ideal decision environment would include all possible information, all of it
accurate, and every possible alternative. However, both information and alternatives are
constrained because the time and effort to gain information or identify alternatives are limited.
The major challenge of decision making is uncertainty, and a major goal of decision analysis is
to reduce uncertainty. A common misconception about decision making is that decisions are
made in isolation from each other: you gather information, explore alternatives, and make a
choice without regard to anything that has gone before. The fact is, decisions are made in context
of other decisions. We might say, then that every decision (1) follows from previous decisions,
(2) enables many future decisions, and (3) prevents other future decisions. People who have
trouble making decisions are sometimes trapped by the constraining nature of decision making.
Decisions have far reaching consequences.

3. Father, you may notice that I copied the above paragraph from the article. Well, every
detail is suited to explain the paradigm of decision making process. The arguments that the
author offered was outlined above. What then is my assessment on the arguments offered by the
author? Well, the author clearly established that a sound decision does not happen in an instant
and that decisions have consequences. I remember last Tuesday when I was in our class session
with Dr. Felix Afable when Father Dindo called Samuel and asked Sir Felix if he can enrol with
proxy only. Immediately, sir Felix said, “ Yes if he has an authorization letter.” Then Sir Felix
told me, “Observe how decisive I was, I immediately decide without asking anyone.” Indeed,
decision making entails a lot of responsibility. The higher we go up, the higher the appropriate
decisions we need to make. The ability to make decisions is a fundamental skill at any age, and it
is especially crucial in our current society, which emphasizes independence throughout the life
span. Older adults face decisions that can have a huge impact on the remaining years of their
lives. Often their life circumstances are changing.
Indeed, at age comes wisdom. I believe that the more we age, the
more failure and success we encounter, the better the judgment we learn
from, and the better decision maker we become. Experience is the best
teacher. However, I firmly stand that the best decision is coming from the
enlightening approval of the Almighty.
Thank You Po!